Endnotes for Chapter XVI

1 Rad 177, Somervell to AMSIR, 9 May 42. AG 400.3295 (8-9-41) Sec 5.

2 Unless otherwise noted, this chapter draws upon- (1) Historical Outline of Motor Transport Service 1616-D, U.S. Army, PGC, PGF 131-B. ( 2 ) Monthly Hist Rpts, MTS, 1 Mar 43 through 31 Oct 44, with atchd Accident Rpts. PGF 131. (3) Monthly Rpts of Opns, MTS, for Mar, Jun, Jul, Aug 43. PGF 131. (4) History of the Motor Transport Service [unsigned and undated but late 1944]. PGF 131-W. (5) HOTI, Pt. VI, History of the Motor Transport Service, by Wallace P. Rusterholtz. PGF. (6) Plan for the Operation of the Motor Transport Service, PGSG, by Col Brunson, 15 Jan 43. PGF 131. (7) Functions of MTS and Troop Units Assigned Thereto. PGF 122. (8) For data on performance and civilian personnel see Tables 4, 6, 13 and Charts 2, 6.

3 The recruiting campaign was conducted in consultation with Army officials. Colonel Brunson and others conferred at the American Trucking Associations' headquarters in Washington and worked closely with the association; there were no written instructions or commitments. The present account draws upon Interv with John Lawrence Mgr, American Trucking Associations, 16 Mar 50. Hist Rpt, 2d Bn, 516th QM Truck Regt, Nov 42, PGF 52-2-J; and pages 2-3, Outline cited n. 2 (1).

4 GO 11, Hq, PGSC, 17 Dec 42.

5 Memo, Col Ward, Deputy Dir, MTS, PGSC, for CG, PGSC, 16 Jan 43, sub: Conf with Col Zorin. PGF 131.

6 (1) Ltr, Gen Scott, CofS, PGSC, to Col Zorin, 5 Feb 43. PGF 131. (2) Rad TN 1162, Connolly to Faymonville, 16 Feb 43. PGF 131. (3) Ltr, Connolly to Korolyev, 19 Feb 43. PGF 131. (4) Rad TN 2054, Connolly to Standley for Faymonville, 12 Mar 43. PGF 131. (5) Rad TN 2056, Connolly to Marshall, 12 Mar 43. AG 400.3295 Russia, Hq AMET. (6) Ltr. Connolly to Korolyev, 4 Aug 43. PGF 131.

7 The size of the UKCC fleet was estimated by Lockard, as of 1 August 1942, as 1,300 lend-lease trucks directly operated by UKCC and about 1,000 Iranian trucks operated on contract. The U.S. military attach at Tehran reported on 5 December 1942 that UKCC was then operating directly some 1,330 trucks. Rpt 32, 5 Dec 42, MID 523.091 Iran 12-5-42 (11-23-42). How many of these vehicles were in service over the usable portions of the Khorramshahr-Kazvin-Tabriz highway it is impossible to state.

8 Min of UKCC Conf held at U.S. Hq, 9: 30 A.M., 20 Jan 43. AG 334.8, Hq AMET. Another copy PGF 131.

9 (1) Interv with Gen Connolly, Pentagon, 18 Aug 50. ( 2 ) Notes supplied the author by General Shingler, 16 May 1950. (3) Shingler was succeeded on 22 September 1943 by Col. Glenn R. Ward, who joined MTS under Colonel Brunson at activation. He was relieved on 27 October by Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Sweet, who served until MTS was disbanded on 1 December 1944. Between September and November 1944, in Sweet's absence in the United States, Colonel Anderson served as director. Ltr, Gen Sweet to author, 12 Jul 50.

10 Organization Manual for Mar 43; Charts for Mar, Nov 43, Oct 44. PGF 240.

11 In April 1943 the Third Provisional Truck Company was diverted from duty with the MTS to haul U.S. Army cargoes from Khorramshahr to Ahwaz and Andimeshk (Table 6, n. d). Because it took over from port transportation officers incidental haulage difficult to co-ordinate with their main functions, and because it did not operate within regular MTS schedules, this company served, from 14 May 1943 to 27 September 1944, under jurisdiction of Movements Branch, Operations Division, suboffices at Khorramshahr and Ahwaz. Memo, Maj Gordon D. Cornell, Ex Off, Office of Port Comdr, Khorramshahr, 24 Apr 43. PGF 26-A.

12 Report of Military Police Activities, PGC, United States Army, p. 121. PGF 130. Section VIII of this report, especially those portions (pp. 108-22) dealing with traffic control for MTS and with convoy problems, with exhibits and appendixes, is a valuable and detailed source of information.

13 As compensation the sum of 2,356,752 rials (over $70,000) was charged by UKCC to the British Army which in turn debited the amount to PGSC as reciprocal aid. Rad, Hq, PGSC, to Hq, PAI Force, 1 Jun 43. AG 095 UKCC, Hq PGC.

14 Cir 73, Hq, PGSC, 13 Aug 43. 

15 Page 111 of Rpt cited n. 12.

16 (1) The first truck drivers' schools were established in 1942 by Folspen. ( 2 ) For documentation on native driver problems see The MTS Native Drivers' Schools, by George B. Zeigler, 1 Sep 44, PGF 131; Memo, Maj Dishman for Col Shingler, 25 Aug 42, PGF 259 Memo, Brunson for Cooper, 16 Jan 43, sub: Employment of Qualified Truck Drivers, PGF 131; Ltr Lt Vincent P. Donahue to Maj Clarence D. McGowen, 16 Apr 43, sub: Employment of Native Drivers by Russia, PGF 131 ; and Rad TN 3890, Shingler to Cooper, 22 Apr 43, PGF 131. ( 3 ) Connolly, in notes for the author, states British estimated native driver addiction at 75 percent; Shingler, at 65 percent.

17 The figure includes the diesel course at Andimeshk.

18 Memo, Capt Charles E. Berman for Col Edward F. Brown, 14 May 43. MTS 319 Hq PGC.

19 Initial Hist Rpt, 3923d QM Truck Co, Ramadan, 15 Feb 44. PGF 208-M.

20 Ltr, Myott to Ward, 23 Oct 43, sub: Suitability of Trucks in Operation. Cited p. 79 of History cited n. 2(5).

21 History, 3951st QM Truck Co. PGF 187-N.

22 Rpt, Study of Low-Back Injury Cases Admitted to Hospitals, PGC, by Maj Thomas S. Cotton, Nov 44. Cited p. 105 of History cited n. 2(5).

23 Under date of 27 May 1945, UKCC informed Headquarters, PGC, that, while UKCC "deprecate comparison between the achievement figures of the different Allied agencies carrying goods in Aid to Russia, the ton/kilometres operated by the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation from the commencement to September 30th 1944 amounted to a total of 795,138,536." AG 095 UKCC, Hq PGC. Reduced to ton-kilometers, MTS' Russian-aid haulage totaled 418,058,810 for its shorter single route and shorter period of operation. If the estimate of tonnages carried by British motor agencies given in Table 4 is taken as consisting chiefly of UKCC performance, it would appear that UKCC and MTS hauled very nearly the same total tonnages in Russian-aid cargoes over their own routes; but it must be borne in mind that the UKCC figure may, on the one hand, include some tonnages credited also to MTS because of the close association of the services early in 1943, and may, on the other hand, not include some haulage by UKCC over Iraqi routes for which information is not available. The slight difference between metric tons (UKCC) and long tons (MTS) must also be considered.


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